DPRK Missile Administration
Organization of North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Missile Administration (Korean: 미싸일총국) is the North Korean special bureau that oversees the development of missiles for the Korean People's Army (KPA).
History
The bureau was observed on the venue of the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea held on 7 February 2023 by showing its own flag and it was likely established in November 2022. However, information from the agency's flag suggests that it was established in 2016. The Missile Administration may be renamed from the United States-sanctioned Ministry of Rocket Industry.
As of 2026, the English name "DPRK Missile Administration" (or "Missile Administration of the DPRK") is used by North Korean state media. However, the agency was formerly referred to as "Missile General Bureau" and "General Missile Bureau" in English.
Major members
On a silo launch test for short-range ballistic missile Hwasong-11A (KN-23) on 19 March 2023, Kim Jong-sik and Jang Chang-ha were presumed to be the members of the new agency.
As of 2026, North Korean state media mentions Jang Chang-ha as the Missile Administration's general director.
In February 2026, it was reported that Kim Jong Un's daughter, Kim Ju Ae, had been appointed within the Missile Administration.
Symbols
Flag
The agency's flag features a Hwasong-17 missile flying over Earth against the symbolic atomic nucleus background.
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